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Welcome to Outer Sound's Press Database! This database catalogues most of the publications with extensive music coverage and lets you search for publications according to various criteria.

Search Tips:
Searches can be performed with a variety of criteria. You can either search on one term or on a combination of terms. You DO NOT need to fill out every field, just the ones relevant to your search.

Publication Name:

City:
State:


Publication Type:

Don't Care

National Magazine
Trade Magazine
Daily Newspaper
Fanzine
Musician Geared Magazine
Regional Music Paper/Zine
City Paper (Alternative Newsweekly)
Web Zine


Region of Distribution:

Don't Care
National Distribution (U.S.)

New England (ME,NH,VT,MA,RI,CT)
Mid-Atlantic
(NY,NJ,PA,DC,VA,MD,DE,WV)
Great Lakes (WI,MI,OH)
Midwest (MN,IA,MO,IL,IN)
Plains (ND,SD,NE,KS,OK)
Mountain (MT,ID,WY,UT,CO)

Pacific Northwest (WA,OR,AK)
West (CA,NV,HI)
Southwest (AZ,NM,TX)
South (AL,MS,TN,LA,AR,KY)
Southeast (NC,SC,GA,FL)


Location of Publication (if you want to be more specific)


Type of Music Coverage
Don't Care
All types of music
All types as long as it is cutting-edge/not-mainstream
Only certain genres of music.


Reviews:
Reviews Demos and Cassette Releases
Reviews 7" Vinyl


1/4 Page Ad Rate (based on open, national rate)
Don't care
under $100
$100 - $1000
$1000 - $5000
over $5,000